New Jersey's Black Clouds (formerly The Golden Dawn from 2004-2005) play bracing hard rock with soaring melodies and dynamic arrangements. Hard, loud and impossibly catchy, the band has won a loyal following by lighting up clubs in New York and New Jersey since their genesis in the Spring of 2004. They have also played in Las Vegas, as well as Canada.

The Black Clouds feature chief songwriter and producer Dan Matthews on lead guitar and vocals. Marcelino Garcia plays rhythm guitar, Chris Conner plays bass guitar and Gregg LoCascio fills out the quartet playing drums and providing backing vocals.

With a self-financed, produced and recorded album released in January of 2008, mixed and mastered in Seattle by Jack Endino, The Black Clouds have high expectations for the year. Jack Endino is best known for his work with Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney.